Veronika "Vroni" Swidrak (born 12 December 1971) is an
Austria
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ski mountaineer
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.
Swidrak started ski mountaineering in the police skirally team in 1996 and competed first in the ''Rally del Pizzo Scalino'' in the same year. She has been member of the
ASKIMO national team since 2008 and lives in
Radfeld
Radfeld is a municipality in the Kufstein district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 1 km east of the town of Rattenberg, 13 km west of Wörgl, and 24 km southwest of Kufstein
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Selected results
* 2006:
** 1st, Austrian Championship
** 1st,
Tyrolian Championship
* 2008:
** 6th,
World Championship
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long distance race
* 2010:
** 3rd,
World Championship
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relay race (together with
Lydia Prugger and
Michaela Eßl
Michaela Eßl (born 27 October 1988) is an Austrian ski mountaineer. She has been member of the ASKIMO national team since 2008. Professionally she works as a police officer in Abtenau.
Selected results
* 2008:
** 1st, Knappen-Königs-Trophy ...
)
** 3rd,
Mountain Attack
The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and the ...
tour
* 2011:
** 6th,
World Championship
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relay (together with Michaela Eßl and Lydia Prugger)
** 9th, World Championship sprint
** 2nd,
Mountain Attack
The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering
Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and the ...
* 2012:
** 5th,
European Championship sprint
** 5th, European Championship relay, together with Michaela Eßl and
Ina Forchthammer
** 7th, European Championship single
** 9th, European Championship vertical race
** 9th, World Championship vertical, combined ranking
Trofeo Mezzalama
* 2009: 4th, together with
Maria Strasser and Klaudia Tasz
Patrouille des Glaciers
* 2010: 4th, (and 3rd in the "international civilian women" ranking), together with Lydia Prugger and Michaela Eßl
''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''
Pierra Menta
* 2011: 7th, together with Nina Cook Silitch
Nina Cook Silitch (born December 5, 1972) is an American ski mountaineer, is married to Michael Silitch, has 2 children; Birken and Anders Silitch.
Selected results
* 2010:
** 1st, World Championship team race, together with Jari Kirkland
* 201 ...
External links
Veronika Swidrak
skimountaineering.org
Veronika Swidrak
, ASKIMO
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Swidrak, Veronika
1971 births
Living people
Austrian female ski mountaineers
21st-century Austrian women